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Brattleboro voters: Yes to local sales tax

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 — Issue 244

“It passed!” cried a jubilant Dick DeGray, his voice echoing in the nearly empty Brattleboro Union High School gym. Brattleboro voters approved enacting a 1-percent sales tax in a town-wide vote on Tuesday. The non-binding article passed by 36 votes. The town intends to use the estimated $660,000 the tax would raise toward lowering the town property tax rate. During his time on the Selectboard, DeGray, a former board chair, made multiple attempts to pass the 1-percent tax. Town Meeting...

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Voices

Shelter for all?

By
Jim Mitchell
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 — Issue 333

The bedbug shack by the tracks in North Walpole has just opened for the season. Now, I don't begrudge any person a warm place to sleep, but the Greater Falls Warming Shelter track record isn't the best. Drug dealers, child molesters, women beaters: all are welcome.

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Arts

Gallery Walk returns for 2022

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 — Issue 662

Brattleboro's Gallery Walk returns for the season on Friday, May 6 (rain date Saturday, May 7), with 19 participating merchants. At 5 p.m., a free guided tour along the Brattleboro Words Trail Tour begins at 118 Elliot. At 6 p.m., Cynthia Houghton will focus on the process of art-making and plans to guide participants in a visit to Harmony Collective, Gallery in Woods, and First Proof Press; meet at Chicken Rex outside of Harmony Collective on Elliot Street. The Stone...

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